of steam and compressed air services, fuel oil storage system, hospital incinerators, an emergency generator and fuel tank and sterilizers at the Princess Margaret Hospital at an estimated cost of $2 million. Other installations included laundry equipment, bulk fuel storage systems, small refuse incinerators, penstocks and accessories, pumps for fire-fighting, flushing and fresh water services, street lighting and pedestrian subway electrical services, scalding equipment in kitchens in various locations, and equipment for the Kowloon-Canton Railway. Assistance on a number of occasions was provided by direct labour from the Hong Kong and Kowloon Workshops.
Projects under Design and Construction
8.07
At the end of the year design and construction work was in progress on 84 projects of an estimated cost of $300 million; this estimate does not include 11 projects the basic design of which was not completed by the end of the period under review. Actual construction work, either by contract or direct labour of the Workshops or a combination of both, was in hand on 30 projects the estimated value of which is $149 million. Among the largest of the projects under construction were the installation of mail handling equipment at the new General Post Office, a sewage treatment plant at Sha Tin New Town, mechanisation and improvements to Kennedy Town and Cheung Sha Wan Abattoirs, the commissioning of Lai Chi Kok Incineration Plant 'B' and a fifth line at Kennedy Town Incineration Plant. At the Hong Kong International Airport work continued on the supply and installation of an improved High Voltage supply system at the runway, apron and terminal building areas and work was in progress on the installation of conveyorised Customs benches, arrival and departure baggage handling systems and passenger boarding bridges for Bay 5. Contracts were awarded for the supply and installation of the high voltage ring main system, medium voltage distribution system and tunnel lighting and ventilation systems for the second Lion Rock Tunnel and the supply and installation of lifts and ramps for the new ferry pier at Sham Shui Po.
Lifts and Escalators
8.08
There are now 11,390 lifts and 234 escalators in use in Hong Kong.
A total of 12,543 certificates in respect of examinations and tests of safety equipment was issued and 32 investigations made into lift accidents, unregistered lifts and complaints by the public.
OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE DIVISION
Chief Electrical and Mechanical Engineer:
G.J. OSBORNE, C.Eng., F.I.Mech.E., M.B.I.M. (1.4.75 to 13.5.75)
Vacant (14.5.75 to 31.7.75)
M.J. HUTTON, C.Eng., M.I.Mech.E., M.R.Ae.S. (1.8.75 to 31.3.76)
8.10 For the purposes of the operation and maintenance of major plants, specialist electrical and mechanical services and the maintenance of the Government's fleet of 3,910 vehicles, this Division has four sub-divisions each responsible for a certain aspect of the Division's overall
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of steam and compressed air services, fuel oil storage system, hospital incinerators, an emergency generator and fuel tank and sterilizers at the Princess Margaret Hospital at an estimated cost of $2 million. Other installations included laundry equipment, bulk fuel storage systems, small refuse incinerators, penstocks and accessories, pumps for fire- fighting, flushing and fresh water services, street lighting and pedestrian subway electrical services, scalding equipment in kitchens in various locations, and equipment for the Kowloon-Canton Railway. Assistance on a number of occasions was provided by direct labour from the Hong Kong and Kowloon Workshops.
Projects under Design and Construction
8.07
At the end of the year design and construction work was in progress on 84 projects of an estimated cost of $300 million; this estimate does not include 11 projects the basic design of which was not completed by the end of the period under review. Actual construction work, either by contract or direct labour of the Workshops or a combination of both, was in hand on 30 projects the estimated value of which is $149 million. Among the largest of the projects under construction were the installation of mail handling equipment at the new General Post Office, a sewage treatment plant at Sha Tin New Town, mechanisation and improvements to Kennedy Town and Cheung Sha Wan Abattoirs, the commissioning of Lai Chi Kok Incineration Plant 'B' and a fifth line at Kennedy Town Incineration Plant. At the Hong Kong International Airport work continued on the supply and installation of an improved High Voltage supply system at the runway, apron and terminal building areas and work was in progress on the installation of conveyorised Customs benches, arrival and departure baggage handling systems and passenger boarding bridges for Bay 5. Contracts were awarded for the supply and installation of the high voltage ring main system, medium voltage distribution system and tunnel lighting and ventilation systems for the second Lion Rock Tunnel and the supply and installation of lifts and ramps for the new ferry pier at Sham Shui Po.
Lifts and Escalators
8.08
There are now 11,390 lifts and 234 escalators in use in Hong Kong.
A total of 12,543 certificates in respect of examinations and tests of safety equipment was issued and 32 investigations made into lift accidents, unregistered lifts and complaints by the public.
OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE DIVISION
Chief Electrical and Mechanical Engineer:
G.J. OSBORNE, C.Eng., F.I.Mech. E., M.B.I.M. (1.4.75 to 13.5.75)
Vacant (14.5.75 to. 31.7.75)
M.J. HUTTON, C.Eng., M.I.Mech.E., M.R.Ae.S. (1.8.75 to 31.3.76)
8.10 For the purposes of the operation and maintenance of major plants, specialist electrical and mechanical services and the maintenance of the Government's fleet of 3,910 vehicles, this Division has four sub- divisions each responsible for a certain aspect of the Division's overall
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